Santa Cruz County
County
Heat class II · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
96 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
50 mm of it in the , Sep 1 – Oct 31
Warm and cool vintages since 1980
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Rain across the season, and at harvest
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The boundary
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Measured vineyard area
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Drought categories, year by year
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What's in the ground
6.3
pH, 1:1 water
14.2cm
, whole profile
115cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 159 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 21.6%
- 13.9%
- 8.4%
- 7.7%
- 6.6%
159 map units · soil described over 98.6% of the region’s area · 3.6% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 80% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Sandy loam
58% sand · 26% silt · 17% clay
Sandier than 86% of California appellations and clayier than 13%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 12% rock fragments by volume, which the triangle does not describe — the three fractions are of the fine-earth material only.
Elevation, slope and aspect
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Bearing acreage by variety
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Price per ton
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